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| Amadon | New video: Jesus and Mother Mary | Discussion Forum | 1 | Oct 30 2009, 11:42 PM EDT by workman34 | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 30 2009, 1:37 PM EDT
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Yes it's true, I've finally released the second video of the Jesus: The women in His Life series. The video is "Jesus and Mother Mary"; you can view it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbTUeqEKDw Feedback of any sort is welcome.
Just as the Urantia Book shows a portrait of the human Jesus, it also gives a picture of his mother, Mary. Some people might find the picture of Mary in the Urantia Book a bit disturbing since she has been so idealized by the Christian church. However, if people read the Biblical references I've include in the video, there are hints that the relationsihp of Jesus and Mary may have had a few rough spots. The video portrays two such rough spots. Thanks to the team that helped me produce this: Amy Goode and Jim Billings for narration, and Carol Foerster for art work. Also thanks to Mike Bain and Merlyn Cox for reviewing the video and for their suggestions for worthwhile improvements. And of course thanks to Mo Siegel for letting me use art from the Truthbook website. And thanks to Meinhardt, the Truthbook webmaster, who'll convert the file to Flash format for use on The Spiritual Fellowship website. The next video in the series is about the relationship of Jesus and his sister Ruth. Ruth was the only one in Jesus family who never doubted his divine mission so this video will be more positive than the one about Jesus and Mary.
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| optic1 | Dark matter, dark energy (page: 1 2 3 4) | Dark Energy | 78 | Oct 24 2009, 9:58 PM EDT by workman34 | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 7 2009, 11:31 PM EST
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These two subjects fascinate me in my hobby and in the inclusion of the Ubook. Dark matter predates the Ubook I believe Einstein talked about it, but Dark energy is the new science with 75%(call it) of the known universe composed of this what "substance" The Ubook appears to have acknowledged the real mass of the matter while referring to it as dark matter. I write "appears" because I am still researching the Ubook and modern physics, but in the "simple" it appears quite intriguing.
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| workman34 | Whats your favorite Quotes from the UB | Thoughts to Ponder | 7 | Oct 19 2009, 8:42 PM EDT by Amadon | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 16 2009, 9:46 PM EDT
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"The world is filled with hungry souls who famish in the very presence of the bread of life; men die searching for the very God who lives within them." [The Urantia Book, p. 1766, par. 4]
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| haworth606 | Ardi | Discussion Forum | 1 | Oct 17 2009, 8:57 PM EDT by Amadon | ||||
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This week on the history channel it was revealed that human eveolution did not come from chimpanzees. A new fossil was discovered older than "lucy". What does everyone think about this? There is also an article at the National Geographic website. What do you think about this?
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| jessemilio | Urantia Book and Movies | Discussion Forum | 1 | Oct 3 2009, 9:44 PM EDT by jessemilio | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 3 2009, 12:34 PM EDT
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Yes, brothers, what do you think of Movies from the UB? This is part of my dissemination of the UB which I started sometime ago at other forums. Its been an active thread. I would like your opinion pro or con on the subject. For me I'm pushing a movie. before we have a movie we need a book. There are several now lincluding mine "THE CHASE OF JESUS CHRIST." Gerdean who post on TRUTHBOOK and UBRON has written at least 3 book based on the UB. I no of no other author who has written anything. We need help in writing the many stories that make this brilliant book outstanding for stories. Hows your imagination? to write a books? we need imagination. But to write directly from the UB we need help its easy. The story of Jesus Christ from the beginning page 1 of the part IV needs a writer. We need to reduce approcimatly 400,000 words to about 100,000 words. The manuscript should not excide 200 to 300 pages. ideal for a movie. Do you have the imagination? the time the love and the drive to do so?
God bless.....Jess
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| Amadon | New Jesus video | Discussion Forum | 4 | Sep 5 2009, 11:05 PM EDT by Amadon | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 29 2009, 11:36 AM EDT
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Please have a look at the first video (Jesus and Mary Magdalene) from my new series, Jesus: The Women in His Life, that I posted on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3MLqJIhDDc While the video is based on stories in the Urantia Book, the stories are also found in the Bible and I give biblical references where appropriate. I'm hoping that the videos will catch the interest of Christians and let them know that they can find their friend Jesus in the Urantia Book as well as the Bible.
I should say our videos since I had the help of a Urantian artist (Carol F.) as well as two narrators from my church. Dick
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| Furchizedek | New Information #3 | Discussion Forum | 0 | Aug 29 2009, 3:25 PM EDT by Furchizedek | ||||
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One last thing. The Urantia Book talks about Tycho Brahe's supernova of 1572, which it says was an "extraordinary double star explosion."
41:3.5 The most recent of the major cosmic eruptions in Orvonton was the extraordinary double star explosion, the light of which reached Urantia in A.D. 1572. Apparently that statement alone validates TUB because from what I understand, that was NOT KNOWN in 1955 by science and was only validated in 2004. But... I did some research on how many total eclipses have happened on Jesus' birthday. In 5000 years, from 2000 BC to 3000 AD, there are only 4. They are in these years: 1560 Aug 21 1914 Aug 21 2017 Aug 21 2734 Aug 21 The one in 1560 is very interesting. I did a Wiki search on it and came up with this curiosity: --- On 19 April 1559, Tycho began his studies at the University of Copenhagen. There, following the wishes of his uncle, he studied law but also studied a variety of other subjects and became interested in astronomy. It was, however, the eclipse which occurred on 21 August 1560, particularly the fact that it had been predicted, that so impressed him that he began to make his own studies of astronomy, helped by some of the professors. --- The Jesus' birthday eclipse of August 21, 1560 is what caused Tycho Brahe to become an astronomer. It's an interesting loop-back, I think, in view of the fact that the revelators seemingly nonchalantly dropped in that very minor statement about Tycho's "extraordinary double-star explosion" which apparently validates the book. |
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| Furchizedek | New information #2, Solar Eclipse | Discussion Forum | 0 | Aug 29 2009, 3:16 PM EDT by Furchizedek | ||||
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In just a bit under 8 years there is going to be a spectacular total Solar Eclipse over the entire United States (of course the path of totality is only 70 miles wide), coast to coast, from Oregon to South Carolina bisecting the country, ON JESUS' BIRTHDAY, August 21, 2017. Casper, WY will be directly under the path, for example.
Here's an interesting angle. Christians believe that the "Tribulation" is going to last 7 years. The total solar eclipse on Jesus' birthday over the entire US is just 8 years away. Consider these two verses: Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. If this solar eclipse over the US on Jesus' birthday in just a bit over 8 years is the event wherein, "the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light," and "the sign of the Son of man" will appear in the sky, and if the Tribulation is going to last 7 of the next 8 years, then ALL HELL is going to break out soon. Anyway, I'm just sayin... |
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| Furchizedek | New Information, perhaps... | Discussion Forum | 0 | Aug 29 2009, 3:07 PM EDT by Furchizedek | ||||
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The White Stone Prophecy
Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. (kjv) The “white stone” prophecy of Jesus in Revelation 2:17 is The Urantia Book and the “hidden manna” is the previously unknown and/or lost information which is in The Urantia Book. The “new name written” is Michael of Nebadon whom we now know only as Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus’ complete story, both as Jesus and as Michael of Nebadon, is in The Urantia Book. In order to receive this new information one must overcome at least some of one’s previously held, settled beliefs. |
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| Amadon | Urantia Church? (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) | Discussion Forum | 166 | Aug 29 2009, 11:48 AM EDT by spirit.friend | ||||
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Thread started: Mar 17 2009, 4:37 PM EDT
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On another thread, alwilliams767 said "There seems to be this anticipation of a pending “Church of the Urantia”. I am in agreement that the UB will eventually become a church. However, I do not see this with happy anticipation. I see the Urantia “church” as inevitability, but not as a blessing." Many look on a Urantia church with disfavor due to past experiences with a church or because of things like the Inquisition. However, despite the drawbacks and dangers, institutional religion has some advantages. The church did keep the teachings of Jesus alive through the Dark Ages and other difficult periods. And yes, evolutionary religion will compromise the purity of revelation. However, I have always felt that there is a missing dimension in our Urantia community; we don't have the chance to worship together except at occasional conferences.
We are a community of study groups. I have been in a number of them and I'm sure that none of these groups would be comfortable worshiping together. Yet many folks in these groups are members of a Christian church where they go on Sunday and worship with non-Urantians. What's wrong with this picture? I think a church gives people the framework and permission to worship together; it's what we expect when we go there on a Sunday morning. I would be happy to go to a church and where the Urantia Book was read from the pulpit and I was worshiping with fellow Urantians. Furthermore, many churches engage in various forms of outreach to their communities and the world. I would be pleased to serve others in outreach activities with fellow Urantians. I'm sure we have as much compassion as a community as does the Christian community. Unfortunately, we are generally a scattered community; this makes it difficult to get enough folks together to form a church. But we could at least form some on-line churches.
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| Furchizedek | Wetpaint versus Yahoo Groups? | Discussion Forum | 1 | Aug 23 2009, 1:13 AM EDT by workman34 | ||||
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Thread started: Aug 23 2009, 12:58 AM EDT
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I'd never heard of Wetpaint before. What does it do that Yahoo Groups doesn't do? A while back I had something to post here at Urantia Family, and then I ran into the 2000 character limit. What I was going to post didn't lend itself easily to splitting and I never got back to doing it. But I have a group on Yahoo groups, and I am on several other Yahoo Groups. Yahoo Groups are very popular and seem to be the gold standard for discussion groups. I am just curious as to why this group is here at Wetpaint instead of being a Yahoo Group. There may be good reasons for it, and I just don't know them. Take care. -Norm.
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| joer1 | joer in Mexico | Discussion Forum | 19 | Aug 9 2009, 10:08 PM EDT by MetaRoc | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 17 2009, 8:51 PM EDT
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Hey everyone! I hope all are well. I got a tropical downour going on outside, the first one of the summer. Lightning thunder, rivers running in teh street. Now I know why teh sidewalks are about a foot high. .-)
Found new people here interested in teh book. It´s cool because vereybody is real religious and almost all are exploring new alternatives to teh Catoic church and even within the Catholic Church (like charismatic preaching.) I´m hoping tp contact a woman I brought Spanish books to last year because I have about three or four requests. God bless you all. I go to Juan Escutia Park here in tepic Nayarit from 5 to 7 in teh afternoons to discuss the book with those intersested. I hope to make more contacts beforethe sumer is over. God´s Love to all there. .-) joer
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| mvollbre | Greetings | Discussion Forum | 4 | Jul 23 2009, 1:27 AM EDT by cosmic_citizen | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 17 2009, 1:22 PM EDT
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I just wanted to briefly say hello. I came here by suggestion of a friend who mentioned the "Urantia Church" thread. I'm in the middle of reading it now.
My name is Michael, and I have been familiar with the Urantia Book since my 15th birthday when a family friend presented me with a portion of the teachings as a gift. What a spectacular gift it was! The Book has been with my for 12 years now, and at various times through these years I have attempted to get connected with the Readership in order to foster friendships and grow in my knowledge of the text. "Life," though, has always seemed to get in the way, and if it wasn't work it was school or family life, and lo and behold the time passes and: BAM! You're reminded of the sheer power this Book holds and, well, here I am. I live in Richmond, Virginia, and am hoping to get connected with the Readers in this area. I'm also looking forward to participating through the online medium, as it seems a good deal of intriguing and positive material concerning the Urantia Book comes from the Internet world. If you'll let me, I'd love to contribute. I admit my naivete to the Book. I'm just now finishing my first reading, but the delay served not to frustrate me but more to serve as a kind of 'buffer' between the world-at-large and these powerful instructions from God. Whenever life seemed rough, a quick dive into the Urantia Book would bring me peace and a surety that what I'm going through is part of a picture that I cannot possibly fathom with my mind. The Book has allowed me, for the first time ever, to truly experience spiritual freedom. And so, while I may ask a lot of questions or struggle over certain topics, I hope you will welcome my willingness to learn and my excitement to participate. I look forward to participating! ~ Michael
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| Amadon | Are we alone? (page: 1 2) | Are We Alone? | 30 | Jun 14 2009, 4:51 AM EDT by workman34 | ||||
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Thread started: Feb 28 2009, 11:18 PM EST
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Heavens no! the earth is teeming with midway creatures, power controllers, seraphim, student visitors, and maybe a few Melchizideks. I once wrote an article theorizing that some of the UFO sightings may be of the power control creatures that may accidentally become visible as they do their power control thing. And student visitors need transportation to get around somehow. We know that there are mechanical means of air transport on the mansion worlds for morontia beings; perhaps they're also used here and become visible when their cloaking devices malfunction. Have I been watching too much Star Trek? Maybe!
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| workman34 | Pages moved | Discussion Forum | 0 | Jun 14 2009, 2:24 AM EDT by workman34 | ||||
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I moved a couple of Joer's pages from my old site to this site. I hope you all take a look at all them. http://tagsfamily.wetpaint.com/page/Religion+of+the+Spirit http://tagsfamily.wetpaint.com/page/Eternal+Survival |
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| MetaRoc | Personality, according to TUB... | Discussion Forum | 3 | Jun 6 2009, 9:23 PM EDT by MetaRoc | ||||
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Thread started: Jun 1 2009, 10:56 PM EDT
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Jun 01, 2009 Mike Rayl - personality...
12. It is one thing which can be added to spirit, thus illustrating the primacy of the Father in relation to the Son. (Mind does not have to be added to spirit.) page 1226 TUB Personality is a unique gift from god, no two alike, it is our unique contribution to spirit along with our evolving soul... Whereas, there is only one mind, that we all use, nothing new can be added to mind... Our evolving soul is filled with our experiences of spiritual value... It is our unique personality that separates us, each approaching life from a slightly different angle, making life interesting, and adding the spice to life... I find this all so amazing, and awe inspiring, That God has a divine plan, and we are a significant part of it, God is an equal opportunity God, for us humans... thank You God...
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| joer1 | BLOG TALK RADIO - The Cosmic Citizen (page: 1 2) | Discussion Forum | 21 | Jun 4 2009, 12:12 AM EDT by joer1 | ||||
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I just got off a good show. Our Own Spirit-friend and Brother dave and maybe others were there also. What a great show. Probably had about 20 or so people drop by probaly even more with the ones coming and going.
It's Saturday Mornings from 9-11 am my time Pacific Daylight Time. Gard Jamison was there today, talking about Jung and TUB. If you wan't to hear it, Here's a link. Spiritfriend Brother Dave and I were blogging and I don't think there's a record of the Blog. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cosmiccitizen/2009/02/14/interview-with-gard-jameson-karl-jung-and-the-urantia-book Blog Talk Radio Call-in Number: (646) 716-8158 Enjoy. Happy Valentine's DAY! Everyone! :-)
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| MichaelMacisaac | Urantia Conference June 25-28 Boulder CO 'THE SECOND MILE AND BEYOND' | Discussion Forum | 4 | Jun 2 2009, 5:45 PM EDT by Paradise_Pilgrim | ||||
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Thread started: May 9 2009, 5:29 AM EDT
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I friends! I'm glad I found this family!
***Breaking News – Pato Banton and his band are going to play on the first night of the conference! If you have not seen him perform live yet you are really missing something! http://www.myspace.com/patobanton The Second Mile and Beyond... Urantia Book Conference University of Colorado at Boulder—June 25-28, 2009 "...genuine second-milers...professed followers of Jesus who really live and love as he taught his disciples to live and love and serve." You are warmly welcomed to the beautiful and progressive city of Boulder, a community which may well have the highest per-capita concentration of Urantia Book readers in the world. The picturesque university campus, nestled beneath the breathtaking Rockies, will provide an ideal setting for this conclave of friendly souls from far and wide. Although the plan for this conference was sparked by a few younger-generation readers, there are readers of all ages contributing their time, talents, and experiential wisdom to the program and the planning. As it happens, this conference isn't officially sponsored by any organization, but it benefits from broad support and reflects the increasing spiritual unity in the readership. People of all ages, walks of life, and familiarity with the book are encouraged to attend! If you are a new reader or have never been to a conference―please come―you will be glad you did! A new explorer of the truth in the Urantia Book will find the program very appealing and 'newcomer-friendly'. The rock-bottom early registration price of $260 covers room, board & program and is meant to be as affordable as possible in this first-class facility.
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| newjohn | Diary beside your bed... (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) | Urantia Family | 157 | May 31 2009, 4:45 AM EDT by joer1 | ||||
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Thread started: Apr 9 2009, 6:37 PM EDT
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As your Thought Adjuster communicates during sleep to your super conscious mind, it is wise to keep some writing material handy as within a few moments of consciousness, the symbols, words or other superconscious communications are lost. Those symbols, words or other are the directions leading you to the door of the kingdom. Remember, "the kingdom of God is at hand...
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| jessemilio | World Crisis | Discussion Forum | 19 | May 25 2009, 12:58 AM EDT by workman34 | ||||
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Brothers and Sisters
Although Jesus referred one phase of the kingdom to the future and did, on numerous occasions, intimate that such an event might appear as a part of a world crises. ............ He promised a new revelation of the kingdom on earth and at some future time; he also promised sometime to come back to this world in person; but he did not say that these two events were synonymous. From all we know these promises may, or may not, refer to the same event. (1863:13) He also said: "But you should be wise regarding the ripening of an age; you should be alert to discern the signs of the times. You know when the fig tree shows its tender braches and puts forth its leaves that summer is near. Likewise, when the world has passed through the long winter of material mindedness and you discern the coming of the spiritual springtime of a new dispensation, should you know that the summertime of a new visitation draws near. (1915:3) Does your eternal partner, your pilot, your guide, your adjuster give you any insight as to whether this world crises may be it? Personaly i am very hopeful that we may be nearing the end of an Epoch, I have a very positive feeling. Whats your take? Jess
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